The “Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region” is a brief bulletin published jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Environment and Climate Change Canada, summarizing the latest season’s weather and water level conditions and weather and water level-related impacts over the Great Lakes and provides an outlook for the upcoming quarter. […]

The “Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region” is a brief bulletin published jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Environment and Climate Change Canada, summarizing the latest season’s weather and water level conditions and weather and water level-related impacts over the Great Lakes and provides an outlook for the upcoming quarter. […]

Introduction Under the 2012 Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, “the Parties to the Agreement” – the U.S. and Canadian Governments – are to conduct a review of the operation and effectiveness of the Agreement every nine years. The scope and nature of the review are to be determined by the Parties: “Following every third […]

Under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, Canada and the United States use an Adaptive Management approach for addressing eutrophication issues in Lake Erie. The Annex 4 (Nutrients) Subcommittee’s Adaptive Management Task Team conducted an evaluation to assess changes in phosphorus loads and progress towards achieving the related Lake Ecosystem Objectives outlined under Annex […]

Through the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (Agreement), Annex 4 (Nutrients), Canada and the United States (the Parties) have committed to coordinate binational actions to manage phosphorus loadings to the Great Lakes to combat harmful and nuisance algal blooms and hypoxia. The Parties adopted phosphorus load reduction targets in 2016 to reduce inputs to the […]

Interested in learning about climate modeling projects in the Great Lakes Basin? Check out our webinar on Friday September 13th from 11am–12pm ET on the Development of the Next Generation of Regional Climate Change Projections for the Great Lakes Basin. Join us and our guest speaker Dr. Michael Notaro from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies […]

Join us as we dive into the world of aquatic invasive species and how they can disrupt Lake Superior’s ecosystem. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 10 am CT (11 am ET) and join us for a one-hour public webinar, “Invasive Species in Lake Superior”. This presentation is part of our Let’s […]

Join us as we explore chemical contaminants in Lake Ontario sediments. Register for our upcoming public webinar, “Getting to the bottom of things: Sediment contamination,” taking place on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 12 pm ET.   Learn how sediments become contaminated, different approaches to remediation and efforts being taken by Canada and the U.S. to […]

Do you want to learn more about habitat and species protection in Lake Erie? If so, mark your calendars for October 9, 2024, at 10 am CT (11 am ET). We will be hosting a one-hour public webinar, “Habitat and Species Protection in Lake Erie,” as part of our Let’s Talk Lake Erie webinar series!  […]